Dozens of customers have reported wrist burns with Fitbit’s Ionic activity watch. As a result, the Google-owned brand decided to recall 1.7 million watches.
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1.7 million! is the number of connected watches than the famous brand Fitbit remember due to a risk of burns. In any case, this is what the CPSC, the American commission responsible for the safety of marketed products. The recall concerns watches of the Ionic model. Specifically, 1 million copies sold in the United States, as well as nearly 700,000 sold internationally are recalled. The problem would come from the small batteries which would tend to overheat to the point of causing burns. There is no question of replacing the watch, but simply of returning it for a refund of 299 dollars as well as a 40% reduction code on certain devices of the brand.
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If the subsidiary of google initiated this massive recall, it is because he received, for the United States alone, 115 reports evoking these concerns of overheated drums. In all, 78 reports indicated burns at various degrees, including two at the third degree and four at the second degree. International sales are not spared since, there too, Fitbit received 59 reports concerning these overheatings with 40 declarations concerning burns. If the latter remain rare, Fitbit emphasizes that they only concern this model. Released in 2017, this activity watch wanted to position itself to try and scratch theAppleWatch. Reliable, with a pleasant aesthetic and very well designed, it has many functions. Its production was stopped in 2020, remains to be seen why these problems only occur now.
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